douglas harris/virginia national guard: "i'm actually excited. i have a great group of leaders to deploy with and fall under." harris is one of 450 soldiers in the 1st battalion, 116th infantry who are preparing for deployment. they'll be serving in the persian gulf country of qatar, where they'll be protecting other members of the military. it will be the fifth deployment for sergent first class james bartels. sfc james bartels/virginia national guard: "each one presents its challenges and it's fun working through those challenges." perhaps the biggest challege, personally, is preparing his wife and children for his time away. bartels: "making sure call if the sink breaks. i also want to make sure my children, as much as they can be, are prepared emotionally and physically as well." giving up a year of civilian life is a personal sacrifice, but soldiers say it isn't without benefits. spc. taylor redmond/virginia national guard: "it's going to be a good opportunity to progress my career, learn a lot, and develop myself." qatar is not a combat zon

wsls 10's rachel lucas tells us how a lynchburg-based virginia national guard unit is gearing up for a 12-month mission in qatar. almost 500 local soldiers in the virginia national guard are preparing for a year long deployment overseas. iraq in 2010...it's once again time for the 116th regiment to answer the call of duty. they've spent the last two years training. now they'll be providing security detail in qatar. known as "taskforce red dragon - they'll be reliveing another virginia national guard unit - taskforce normandy after their year long deployment. battalion commander christopher samulski says qatar is a much more stable part of the middle east. christopher samulski/battali on commander - "i think we will be vigilant. we will anticipate opportunities for which danger will present itself but for the most part we should be secure." they will begin activefederal duty in may. in lynchburg rachel lucas wsls 10. the hill city's economy takes a major hit. today ... genworth financial announced its laying off about 200 employees in lynchburg. we spoke with lynchburg mayor michael gi

the virginia national guard says pittsylvania county paid them around 19- thousand dollars last year to help cover the building's operating expenses. the proposed route for the atlantic coast pipeline will change... thanks to a collaboration between dominion energy and the u-s forest service. dominion says it has worked with the forest service over the last few months... in an effort to avoid sensitive areas within federal forests along the route. the new route avoids cheat mountain and shenandoah mountain... and also reduces the total mileage in the forests... to 18-point-5 miles. the route will impact an extra 249 landowners... in areas like highland... bath... and augusta counties. homeowners are being notified the company will hold a series of open houses in early march. dozens of historical sites in the commonwealth ... including one in appomattox are getting preservation funding. according to the national park service ... five point three million dollars will go toward 17 civil war battlefields in the state. the funds primarily come from fees paid by oil and gas companies for d

virginia.# new this morning... national guard members in virginia are one step closer to carrying concealed a bill passed the house yesterday... to allow national guard members to carry on military grounds. its in response to last year's shootings in chattanooga.... at a military recruiting center and a navy site. four marines... and one sailor died from the isis inspired attack. the lawmaker sponsoring the bill is a former navy seal. del. scott taylor, r-85th district: "i think if we can stop the partisan flame- throwing thats going on and actually talk and have some real dialogue, i think we can some make some progress on the underlying issues.." the legislation will now move on to the virginia senate. # new this morning... virginia national guard soldiers in lynchburg are preparing to go overseas. the first battalion of the 116th infantry regiment received their mobilization order thursday. their active duty starts may 13th and will last about a year. the guard soldiers will replace another virginia-based battalion that's curr

that means public safety agencies such as the virginia national guard, virginia state police, the virginia department of emergency management and the virginia department of transportation can devote every available resource to storm response and recovery. about an hour ago we found out the virginia national guard have sent more than 50 soldiers to help with debris clean up. they're being sent to essex, richmond, westmoreland, sussex and patrick counties but more counties will be added if need be. governor mcaullife will also be here in appomatox county and waverly, virginia today - the two hardest hit areas from the storm. in appomatox, trees are down, homes are damaged, and thousands are without power. about 2800 dominion customers in the county have no electricity. and nearly 50 percent of meters for central virginia elective cooperative have been damaged. it might be early morning to mid-day tomorrow before power is restored to the cvec point. right now there are two shelters open for those affected by the storm. we're at the appomatox community center and there is another one at the pa

the virginia national guard has already soldiers to help with debris clean up. they're being sent to essex, richmond, sussex and patrick counties but more counties will be added if need be. the national weather service in blacksburg is sending a team today to investigate the damage in appomatox and evergreen areas. about 50 miles south of richmond, in sussex county, a including a toddler. here's some video of the aftermath there, in the town of waverly. virginia state police say the victims were two men, 50 and 26 years old - and a two year old boy. the mobile home they were in was destroyed. they were found about 300-yards away from the home. one survivor in waverly was in this silver car when the storm came through. survivor: "it's like, with all the power lines going down, it was like a big ball of fire and all of the debris kicking up. all i could do was just pray and pray and pray and the wind actually picked the car up and dropped us down all i could do was hold on tight and tell my uncle that i love him and pray." here's a look at some of the severe weath

newscast, governor terry mcauliffe issued a state of emergency for virginia that means the virginia national guard, state police, virginia department of emergency management and v-dot can devote every available resource to storm response and recovery. rescue crews pulled out several people trapped in tappahannock. paramedics took more than 20 people to nearby hospitals, according to state police. several homes have been destroyed and many roads are still closed this morning. several churches opened their doors as shelters. most schools in that area are closed this morning. and look at this video from near durham, north carolina. this community was also hit hard during the same line of storms that damaged virginia. at least six homes are gone. one man says he was out buying dog treats. his house was damaged so badly, he says he's sure he would have died if he was there. there were no reports of any serious injuries there. don't forget, we have continuing coverage of the storm right now on don't forget, we have continuing coverage of the storm right now on wavy-dot-com. meteorolgist jeremy wheeler's

christopher samulski/virginia national guard: "every four or five years this battalion is looked at as a potential element to support the active duty army. we do have a lot of new soldiers, so this will be their first excited." the lynchburg battalion was last called to active duty in 20-10. units from bedford, lexington and christiansburg are mobilizing for the latest mission. soldiers will undergo training at fort bliss in texas before their 12-month tour begins. people in christiansburg may be able to get quicker medical attention next week thanks to a recent donation. the town's rescue squad donated 35 new automatic external defibrillators to the police department. the aeds allow officers to help people having a heart attack. rescue says the funds came from their ems revenue recovery, but they didn't need any equipment. but, they say it important for every officer to have an aed and know how to use it. (officer james belcher, christiansburg police department) having an officer beat an ambulance by just a minute or two with an aed could literally mean does that person walk out of th

virginia national guard members -- may be allowed to carry guns on duty. the house passed the bill today -- which applies to members with concealed carry permits. virginia beach delegate and veteran scott taylor proposed the bill. it's in response to the deadly shooting at military installations in chattanooga last year. the bill now heads to the senate. the group trying to recall norfolk city treasurer anthony burfoot is working to get the word out. the citizens recall committee held an interest meeting at pretlow library tonight. burfoot faces federal corruption charges -- which activists say makes him unable to do his job. c0043 0;17;38 we want his resignation we'll take none less than a leave of absence until his federal case is the group needs to gather more than 43- hundred signatures -- before filing its petition with the court. in that case the judge may decide whether to hold a recall trial. as of today, you may be able to get amazon's one-hour-delivery service in our area. the company announced prime now's launch in virginia beach today. the serv

the virginia national guard is called up... to help after deadly storms hit the commonwealth. live team coverage... as we get new information destruction across the state... but after the storm... many areas. you sent these pictures in. continue sending your pictures to news at wsls dot com... or post them to our facebook and twitter i'm savin' you five hundred coming soon from progressive, cash money the biggest discount and understand... the dizzcounts. safe driver, paperless, paid-in-full, multi-car and joey fatone. savin' you five hundred i'm savin' you five hundred we have auto-tune, right? oh, yeah. "he opened up the door and said ... momma tornado, tornado." more than a dozen possible tornadoes hit the east coast ... raising the death toll from a brutal storm system that battered the region for a second day. # "you'd never know it was there it just picked it up and took it clean across the highway" a look at the trail of destruction as people across the commonwealth begin the recovery process. # joining us on virginia today here on wsls 10. i'm jenna zibton. and i'm pat

almost 500 local soldiers in the virginia national guard are preparing for a year long deployment in the middle east. the lynchburg based national guard, made up of men and women from across the area will deploy to qatar in may. they will provide security detail and will relieve another winchester based national guard unit who will return home from their year long deployment. specialist douglas harris / army national guard "it's a good feeling. i know that i am actually doing something, being a part of something that is bigger than myself is a great, great feeling." in march - the 116-th regiment will travel to fort pickett for training. they will complete their training at fort bliss texas. seek out accounts that might promote terrorist activity. the company has suspended more than 125- thousand accounts for threatening or promoting terrorist acts in the last eight months. the company says those suspended accounts were mainly linked to isis. social media has increasingly become a tool for recruitment and radicalization used by isis and its supporters. a bill that would require school

he described the damage as something you would only see in the virginia national guard is in several of the hardest hit communities right now helping to clean up the storm damage. the guard has been deployed to essex, richmond, westmoreland, sussex and patrick countries. soldiers have been organized into teams to help first responders clear fallen trees and debris. additional soldiers and locations may be added if needed.### cleanup efforts are underway in waverly... a small town in sussex county. at least three people were killed.. including a 2-year old. eight others were hurt. matthew mclellan shows us the damage. # we are getting ready the first look at the damage the day after. the sun is up and everything is illuminated. looking around it is stunning the scope of the damage. if you look here you see two sets of steps and the foundation for a mobile home. it was picked up from its place and thrown across route 460... this is the location where those two men and little boy were when they were thrown. look at this debris. there are branches and limbs lying all over the place. if y

. >>> erika, thank you. 6:04 now this morning virginia's national guard is helping with the storm cleanup. more than 50 soldiers equipped with chainsaws and humvees southeastern parts of the state to help local emergency crews. they used helicopters to survey the damage. >>> perhaps the wrong place at the wrong time. a silver spring homeowner was checking his sump pump when his basement collapsed last night. the man became pinned under half a dozen secinder blocks. water seeped into the basement and the pressure caused the wall to give way. he is expected to survive. to make matters worse, befores say the home is no longer structurally sound. >>> to alexandria now where firefighters had to use a cherry picker on the back of a fire truck to rescue a woman. this rescue on cherokee avenue at navajo drive, the woman's car got stuck as she tried to drive through standing water, which we tell you always not to do. same thing happened on eastern avenue. in guy was picking up his father from union station, thought he'd be able to get through the water. he thought wrong. he toldur he was going thr

the virginia national guard says financial issues is behind the closing of its readiness center in chatham. authorities made the announcement today. the unit, along with more than three dozen soldiers stationed there will relocate to danville's readiness center next month. a state lawmaker is criticizing democratic leadership for the treatment of black legislators. senator louise lucas says african american lawmakers are treated differently from their peers. much of that criticism was directed at senate minority leader dick saslaw. lucas says he has failed to resolve the issues that have been brought up to him. saslaw defended himself but did acknowledge that he could communicate better when issues come up. approved a constitutional amendment that could encourage the creation of more charter schools in virginia. the vote was close. 52 to 47. the amendment would give the state board of education the authority to establish charter schools, even if local school boards disagree. delegate rob bell/(r) 58th district albemarle: this is one that will have impacts long after we're gone. you have ki

we said earlier in the newscast, governor terry mcauliffe issued a state of emergency for virginia national guard, state police, virginia department of emergency management and v-dot can devote every available resource to storm response and recovery. rescue crews pulled several people from trapped storm wreckage in tappahannock. paramedics took more than 20 people to nearby hospitals, according to state police. several homes have been destroyed and many roads are still closed this morning. several churches have opened their doors as shelters. most schools in that area are morning. and look at this video from near durham, north carolina. this community was also hit hard during the same line of storms that damaged virginia. at least six homes are gone. one man says he was out buying dog treats. his house was damaged so badly, he says he's sure he would have died if he was there. there were no reports of any serious injuries there. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly cloudy. mild, but windy. be in the upper 50s. winds west 15-25mph with gusts up to 35mph. tonight: partly cloudy. lows will

virginia's national guard has also mobilized. more than 40 soldiers are on state active duty... as part of a multi-agency effort to help the areas... including patrick county... that were hit by an e-f one tornado. so far... the guard is focusing on debris removal efforts... like clearing blocked roads. an aerial team is also on stand-by to help with damage assessment. the town of waverly in sussex three of the storm's four deaths come from the small town. we turn now to kerri o-brien... who talks to residents about the loss. a trail of debris and devastion... pieces of metal, wood and insulation all scattered about in this area not far from where three people were killed. today i spoke with some of the folks who found the victims. pkg allison matthews/waver ly resident 49:04 "he was like it in the bathtub, get in the bathtub and me, her and the two year olds jumped in the bathtub, he was throwing blankets over the top of us and by the time he did that he was like everything's gone, the sheds gone, everything is gone, it was like 45 seconds." allison matthews and aulbrie senn we

also helping with clean up efforts in essex county -- members of the virginia national guard. more than forty soldiers are now on state active duty. soldiers assigned to the powhatan-based 180th engineer company, 276th engineer battalion, 91st troop command -- spent the day working to clear fallen trees and other debris. says they are prepared to add more staff if needed. our coverage continues on air -- with live reports from waverly coming up on wavy news ten at six -- and online at wavy dot com. on the campaign trail hillary clinton is coming to hampton roads on monday. clinton's campaign says she'll also make a stop in northern virginia. this -- just ahead of the march 1st primary. we're working to find out more about the when and where. and late word that republican candidate marco rubio is also coming to virginia beach. he'll be holding a rally at the virginia beach convention center on sunday it begins at 6 tonight: decreasing clouds. lows: upper-30s. winds: w 10-20 mph. friday: scattered clouds. cool breeze. highs: mid to upper-40s. winds: nw 10-15 mph. saturday: mostl

joining me is the logistics chief for the virginia national guard. write it down for me here. what is going on? d.c. nationalthe guard and pennsylvania national guard, responding to a simulated terrorist attack for series of attacks throughout the d.c. area. jeannette: for somhi especially important because you have so many people and were there to be an attack, you want to be ready to go. >> we have so many people and also so many buildings. you think of a small earthquake, it would affect a lot of people. because of city streets and tunnels, they can extract people from just the rubble but also they know the infrastructure in the area. when we are in d.c., we get to see all that. jeannette: thank you so much. when you see them, this is them preparing for if there were any kind of mass casualty, they are ready to go and they have all the training they need to go out there and save some lives. i'm jeanette reyes. thank you. jummy: recovery teams have located the small plane that went missing in nepal with 23 people on board. officials say there were no survivors. the plane cras

scott taylor's push to let members of the virginia national guard carry guns on duty passed the house thursday. he says it didn't take much to satisfy republicans and democrats after he proposed the bill in december. 35:42 afterwards they came to me and said a couple of them that they wanted to support this but they were a little concern we tweaked two words in it to address the concern 35:50 taylor created the bill in response to last year's shootings at military installations in chattanooga. four marines and one sailor died. taylor's bill allows some national guardsmen with concealed-carry permits to have their firearms on duty. the two different gun bills passed the virginia senate today. one-- expands access to background checks at gun shows in the commonwealth. the second-- takes guns away from domestic abusers, who are under a protective order. in a statement, governor terry mcauliffe says these are the first meaningful steps lawmakers have taken on guns, in the past 23 years. a judge has set bond for the richmond police officer accused of murder. local reporters say it's 25-tho

and he believes there were a total of eight tornadoes in the state ...virginia's national guard is helping with the cleanup. 3 google is backing apple in its encryption battle with the f-b-i ...apple is still fighting a court order to help the f-b-i hack into a locked i- phone used by one of the san bernardino killers.the tech giant filed its formal objection in the case yesterday.google plans to file a "friend of the court" brief on apple's behalf. 3 republican presidential candidates turn their focus back to the campaign trial today, following a heated debate last night in texas. marco rubio and ted cruz took turns attacking frontrunner, donald trump, on the issues, while ben carson and john kasich failed to stand out. omar villafranca has the latest. 3 republican presidential frontrunner, donald trump, was the target of most of the punches in last night's debate...many coming from marco rubio. this fiery of the most tweeted moments of the night:(sot trump) the biggest thing we got and the reason we have no competition is because we have lines around the state.(sot rubio) so that's the p

on the military watch -- just days after the tornado outbreak --the virginia national guard, along with local, state, federal and volunteer organizations were out helping those in need in appomattox county. petersburg and fredericksburg- based battalions used chainsaws to cut down the debris in some of the hardest hit areas. the soldiers also conducted health and welfare checks -- and helped deliver food and water to the victims. the portsmouth- based coast guard cutter forward returned today. the forward s crew was on a two-month long illegal drug patrol in the western and central caribbean -- that )s where they seized more than one- hundred kilograms of cocaine. the crew also stopped the distribution of more than three-thousand pounds of marijuana. the forward also acted as the lead during joint search efforts of a capsized nicaraguan tour boat this month. coming up on newschannel three -- a ukrainian man poses as a high school student for nearly four years -- now hear his side of the the 23-year-old man who posed as a high school student in pennsylvania is now telling his side of the

virginia national guard members -- may be allowed to carry guns on duty. the house passed the bill today -- which applies to members with concealed carry permits. virginia beach delegate and veteran scott taylor proposed the bill. it's in response to the deadly shooting at military installations in chattanooga last year. the bill now heads to the senate. the group trying to recall norfolk city treasurer anthony burfoot is working to get the word out. committee held an interest meeting at pretlow library tonight. burfoot faces federal corruption charges -- which activists say makes him unable to do his job. c0043 0;17;38 we want his resignation we'll take none less than a leave of absence until his federal case is adjudicated. the group needs to gather more than 43- hundred signatures -- before filing its petition with the court. in that case the judge may decide whether to hold a recall trial. the democrats who hope to win the white house are debating tonight. hillary clinton and vermont senator bernie sanders are in new hampshire -- five days before the pr

the virginia national guard is also stepping in. dozens of soldiers helped with the cleanup in essex county today. they director of the guard says they're ready to call in more people in necessary. now let's get a better idea of how weather experts classify a storm. don slater joins us. don -- the national weather service is e-f one. how do they make that determination? tonight: decreasing clouds. lows: upper-30s. winds: w 10-20 mph. friday: scattered clouds. cool breeze. highs: mid to upper-40s. winds: nw 10-15 mph. saturday: mostly sunny. cool. highs: mid-40s. winds: light nw. update on waverly tornado: the national weather service's storm survey team in wakefield has confirmed an ef-1 tornado touched down in waverly. max wind speed: 100-110 mph. max path width: 300 yards. path length: 9 miles. tonight: decreasing clouds. lows: upper-30s. winds: w 10-20 mph. mostly sunny. cool. service's storm survey mph. max path width: 300 governor terry mcauliffe has made state resources available for cleanup efforts across virginia. today, he

christopher samulski/virginia national guard: "every four or five years this battalion is looked at as a potential element to support the active duty army. we do have a lot of new soldiers, so this will be their first deployment and i think they are kind of excited." the lynchburg battalion last served on federal active duty in the spring and summer of 20- 10. units from bedford, lexington and christiansburg are also mobilizing for the mission. soldiers will undergo more than 30 days of training at fort bliss in texas before their may 13th. this group did have some warning that a deployment was coming. the army notified them early last fall that they'd be heading off for service at some point in the near future. the official deployment announcement was made yesterday. coming up tonight at six, we'll hear from a few of the soldiers who tell us what they're doing to get themselves and their families ready for the year apart. live in campbell county, tim saunders, wdbj7. new at 5: salem police have identified the man they led them on a chase this morning. israel cunningham larceny and fel

on the military watch -- just days after the tornado outbreak --the virginia national guard, along with local, state, federal and volunteer organizations were out helping those in need in appomattox county. petersburg and fredericksburg- based battalions used chainsaws to cut down the debris in some of the hardest hit areas. the soldiers also conducted health and welfare checks -- and helped deliver food and water to the victims. also on the military watch -- the portsmouth- based coast guard cutter forward returned today. the forward s crew was on a two-month long illegal drug patrol in the western and central caribbean -- that )s where they seized more than one- hundred kilograms of cocaine. the crew also stopped the distribution of more than the forward also acted as the lead during joint search efforts of a capsized nicaraguan tour boat this month. coming up on newschannel three -- a ukrainian man poses as a high school student for nearly four years -- now hear his side of the story. plus -- he )s getting the military )s highest honor tomorrow-- but what drives the the 23-year-old m

. >> reporter: the virginia national guard has action ta traded to help residence here and the govenor declared a state of emergency. in waiverly virginia. 7 news. >> danielle: and we are getting ready for a lone star showdown on the republican side of the race for t`e white house. the the gop hopeful taking the debate stage one more time before voter head to the polls on super tuesday. >> lynn: with donald trump o on a roll, hi competitors need a strong performance if their going to have any hope stopping him. karen cafe reports on what to expekh tonight. >> reporter: donald trump is on a row. three big wins in a roacht now we're winning and win. the country. and the front runner knows it. >> we'll be totally prepared. people have not done very well against me. pgh so far any one who has tacked my has gone down. >> reporter: super tuesday is five day way. voters in 11 states will way in on the republican wraissments seven states crucial to what cruz started but he stumbled in south carolina saturday finishing behind trum and rubio secht banking on the home state of texas where he lead

newscast, governor terry mcauliffe issued a state of emergency for virginia that means the virginia national guard, state police, virginia department of emergency management and v-dot can devote every available resource to storm response and recovery. rescue crews pulled out several people trapped in storm wreckage in tappahannock. paramedics took more than 20 people to nearby hospitals, according to police. several homes have been destroyed and many roads are still closed this morning. several churches opened their doors as shelters. most schools in that area are closed this morning. and look at this video from near durham, north carolina. this community was also hit hard during the same line of storms that damaged virginia. at least six homes are gone. one man says he was out buying dog treats. his house was damaged so badly, he says he's sure he would have died if he was there. there were no reports of any serious injuries there. here's a live look at chopper 10 in the air, on the way to the storm damage in waverly. we'll check in with pilot steve decker in just a few moments as soon as he's ab

the virginia national guard will close its readiness center in chatham. the unit and roughly 40 soldiers stationed there will relocate to the danville readiness center in march. national guard officers say the closing of the facility in chatham is due to financial issues. . university's mock convention is getting underway this weekend. was held in morning to kick at the end of the weekend, students will announce their republican big names like dick cheney, newt gingrich, and ann coulter will be at this year's convention. it's considered one of the most accurate mock coventions, because the predictions for president were only wrong twice since 1948. continuing coverage of campaign 2-16, the democratic presidential hopefuls are fresh off their fiery debate. meanwhile, the republicans are going all- in on south carolina. weijia jiang reports from greenville. new art at the berglund center. but it won't be hanging on a wall. trash cans that were going to be garbage themselves were turned into an art display for students at the burton center for arts as techno

. >> the virginia national guard is on active duty. the guard is expected to have more than 50 soldiers on duty today. a guarded spokesperson says the initial plan is to provide manned, and patrick counties. >>> we continue our storm with damage that's been left behind. wdbj 7's amanda kenney joins us live from appomattox county. good afternoon, amanda. >> good afternoon, kimberly. this morning we were in the neighborhood of evergreen, that's where homes, among 20 that were destroyed. there were more than 100 other homes that have been damaged. families made their way back to their homes today to see what was left. some people were lucky enough to only suffer minor damages. others left everything and what they say was a really quick storm. >> hit the side of the house and you could hear the roofing going off and that was right then. >> now, the murphy family says they weren't home at the time three cats are still missing and right now they're finding whatever they can salvage, but thank you seems like people have already come together

the virginia national guard will merge its readiness center in chatham with the center in danville. the move follows financial constraints. the 40 soldiers operating out of the chatham armory will now operate out of danville. chatham's town clerk and treasurer says this may be a blessing in disguise. timothy hammell, town clerk & treasurer: "we could consolidate some of our interests here in town into that one building, which would really be nice. the added parking there would be a big plus as well." an official closing ceremony for the chatham armory will be held sometime in april or may. after a terrifying trip at sea woman is home safe tonight. judy stephens remembers clinging to the hallway railings just to stand... as waves more than 30-feet tall and hurricane-force winds slammed into the royal caribbean cruise ship she was on. she was traveling with family headed to the bahamas. instead... as they were leaving port in new jersey... the captain announced the ship would be heading into a storm. stephens said no one was prepared for 150-mile-per- hour winds and a rough voyage. ju

just days after the tornado outbreak --the virginia national guard, along with local, state, federal and volunteer organizations were out helping those in need in appomattox county. petersburg and fredericksburg- based battalions used chainsaws to cut down the debris in some of the hardest hit areas. the soldiers also conducted health and welfare checks -- and helped deliver food and water to the victims. coming up a virginia beach based seal is set to receive the nation s highest-p&military honor. more on his risky mission that saved a doctor kidnapped by the we move through our monday, expect high temperatures in the upper 60s and lower 70s. a weak cold front will move in monday, mainly producing a few more clouds and possibly a stray shower or two. it will also be breezy at times during the day as the front moves through. on tuesday, we )ll see mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies with high temperatures in the mid 60s. late in the day, the clouds will thicken ahead of another cold front. that front will slide in wednesday, giving way to showers and a few isolated thunderstorms. hig

the virginia national guard is also stepping in. dozens of soldiers helped with the cleanup in essex county today. they director of the guard says they're ready to call in more people in necessary. now let's get a better idea of how weather experts classify a storm. don slater joins us. don -- the national weather service is calling this an e-f one tornado. tonight: decreasing clouds. lows: upper-30s. winds: w 10-20 mph. friday: scattered clouds. cool breeze. highs: mid to upper-40s. winds: nw 10-15 mph. saturday: mostly sunny. cool. highs: mid-40s. winds: light nw. update on waverly tornado: the national weather service's storm survey team in wakefield has confirmed an ef-1 tornado touched down in waverly. max wind speed: 100-110 mph. max path width: 300 yards. governor terry mcauliffe has made state resources available for cleanup efforts across virginia. today, he toured three of the hardest hit areas: waverly, tappahannock, and appomattox county. between them -- four people died. mcauliffe says his heart goes out to those who ha

let members of the virginia national guard carry guns on duty passed the house thursday. he says it didn't take much to satisfy republicans and democrats after he proposed the bill in december. 35:42 afterwards they came to me and said a couple of them that they wanted to support this but they were a little concern we tweaked two words in it to address the concern 35:50 taylor created the bill in response to last marines and one sailor died. taylor's bill allows some national guardsmen with concealed-carry permits to have their firearms on duty. the bill is headed for the senate. two different gun bills passed the virginia senate today. one-- expands access to background checks at gun shows in the commonwealth. the second-- takes guns away from domestic abusers, who are under a protective order. in a statement, governor terry mcauliffe says these are the first meaningful steps lawmakers have taken on guns, in the past 23 a judge has set bond for the richmond police officer accused of murder. local reporters say it's 25-thousand dollars. david cobb was off-duty when he sho

the virginia national guard is also stepping in. dozens of soldiers helped with the clean up in essex county. that's where one person the guard says they're ready to call in more people if necessary. parking problems. coming up, what one city is doing about a lack of spaces, and a tourists and homeowners. plus, the latest about that deadly workplace shooting in kansas. what the local sheriff is saying about the rampage gunman. and another republican fight on center stage. days before the big super tuesday primary, find out who's coming to hampton roads to hampton roads to campaign. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: mostly sunny. chilly & breezy. highs will be in the upper 40s. winds nw 10-15mph. tonight: mostly clear. cold. lows will be in the upper 20s. winds north 5-10mph. saturday: mostly sunny. chilly. highs will be in the upper 40s. winds north/west 5-10mph. high pressure is building into the region for the weekend. however, it willl be chilly today and cold tonight as colder air settles into the area. dry and chilly for s

almost 500 local soldiers in the virginia national guard are preparing for a year long deployment in the middle east. the lynchburg based national guard, made up of men and women from across the area will deploy to qatar in may. they will provide security detail and will relieve another winchester based national guard unit who will return home from their year long deployment. specialist douglas harris / army national guard "it's a good feeling. i know that i am actually doing something, being a part of something that is bigger than myself is a great, great feeling." in march - the 116-th regiment will travel to fort pickett for training. they will complete their training at fort bliss texas. more than two dozen veterans and active duty military members are enjoying a weekend on the despite being wounded during their service ... the group is not letting that stop them from having a good time at wintergreen resort in nelson county. thanks to a team of volunteer instructors with wintergreen adaptive sports, 26- thousand warriors are adapting to their limitations. the instructors help th

christopher samulski/virginia national guard: "every four or five years this battalion is looked at as a potential element to support the active duty army. we do have a lot of new soldiers, so this will be their first deployment and i think they are kind of excited." the lynchburg battalion was last called to active duty units from bedford, lexington and christiansburg are mobilizing for the latest mission. soldiers will undergo training at fort bliss in texas before their 12-month tour begins. salem police have identified the man that led them on a chase. israel cunningham is charged with grand larceny and felony eluding. he is being held at the roanoke county salem jail without bond. officers responded to a call yesterday morning for a shoplifiting incident in salem. they found cunningham's car but he refused to pull over. the chase eventually ended at an apartment building in roanoke city. no one was hurt. a 25-thousand dollar bond is set for a richmond police officer charged with an off- duty shooting that killed an 18-year old. officer david cobb is charged with second degree murd

virginia national guard soldiers were deployed across virginia to help with cleanup efforts. one of the hardest hit areas ground for thirteen miles.es. a total of four people were killed in virginia... dozens of others were hurt... and at one point 60- thousand people were without power. we still have some strong winds this morning. for more on what to expect lets check in with storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori.. kristina? today will start windy. the wind will gradually weaken through this evening. temperatures will top out in the lower 40s. tonight will be mostly clear with lows in the upper 20s saturday will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s. sunday will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s. monday looks partly to mostly cloudy with a few showers in our westernmost counties. temperatures will top out in the lower 60s tuesday will start with sunshine, and then end with more cloud- cover. a few late-day showers are possible. temperatures will top out in the lower 60s. scattered rain showers are possible on wednesday with highs time

the virginia national guard is also stepping in. dozens of soldiers helped with the clean up in essex county. that's where one person died. they director of the guard says they're ready to call in more people if necessary. and take a look at this video we put together after. on your left, you can see what the buildings in waverly looked like before the storm hit. on the right, the destruction after the storm. we've storm, including chopper 10, on our website, wavy-dot-com. and check out this video of the damage in appomattox from a drone. a private company got permission to fly over the debris. one person died in the buildings are destroyed. a city slaps a second city councilman with a fine. find out why a local leader might have to pay up for talking. new information about a missing teen. we'll tell you where he is and how he's doing this morning. officer arrested. find out why police took this policewoman off the ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: mostly sunny. chilly & breezy. highs will be in the upper 40s. winds nw 10-15mph

we'll see increasing sunshine today with a gusty nw wind and a high around 45. of 450 virginia national guard soldiers in lynchburg are getting ready to head overseas. they received their mobilization order yesterday. this is video from six-years ago as they prepared to leave for a deployment in iraq. the first battalion of the 116th infantry regiment's active duty starts on may 13th and will last about a year. the battalion will be replacing another virginia-based batallion that's conducting security operations in qatar right now. the virginia house has unanimously approved a bill that would let national guard members with valid permits carry concealed weapons on duty. commanding officers would still be able to prohibit guard members from carrying guns in certain cases. republican delegate scott taylor introduced the bill in response to last year's deadly shooting at a recruting center in tennessee. it now moves on to the senate. natalie keepers is staying in solitary confinement. she is charged in the killing of blacksburg teen nicole lovell. yesterday, a judge denied her bail after an hour

scott taylor's push to let members of the virginia national guard carry guns on duty passed the house thursday. he says it didn't take much to satisfy republicans and democrats after he proposed the bill in december. 35:42 afterwards they came to me and said a words in it to address taylor created the bill in response to last year's shootings at military installations in chattanooga. four marines and one sailor died. taylor's bill allows some national guardsmen with concealed-carry permits to have their firearms on duty. the bill is headed for the senate. two different gun bills passed the virginia senate friday. one-- expands access to background checks at gun shows in the commonwealth. the second-- takes guns away from domestic abusers, who are under a protective order. in a statement, governor terry mcauliffe says these are the first meaningful steps lawmakers have taken on guns in the past 23 years. an n-f-l quarterback accused of hitting his girlfriend. the latest on the investigation against him. plus, two planes collide over the pacific ocean. the latest on the efforts to find

scott taylor's push to let members of the virginia national guard carry guns on duty passed the house thursday. he says it didn't take much to satisfy republicans and democrats after he proposed the came to me and said a words in it to address the concern 35:50 taylor created the bill in response to last year's shootings at military installations in chattanooga. four taylor created the bill in response to last year's shootings at military installations in chattanooga. four marines and one sailor died. taylor's bill allows some national guardsmen with concealed-carry permits to have their firearms on duty. the bill is headed for the senate. two different gun bills passed the virginia senate friday. one-- expands access to background checks at gun shows in the commonwealth. the second-- takes guns away from domestic abusers, who are under a protective order. in a statement, governor terry mcauliffe says these are the first meaningful steps lawmakers have taken on guns in the past 23 years. if you plan to vote in the primary election next month -- you're running out of time to register.

the virginia national guard is also stepping in. dozens of guardsmen helped with the clean up in essex county. that's where one person died. the director of the guard says they're ready to call in more people if necessary. and take a look at this video we put together after. on your left, you can see waverly looked like before the storm hit. on the right, the destruction after the storm, including chopper 10, on our wavy-dot-com. for complete coverage of this deadly tornado - go to wavy dot com. information about the waverly tornado and the damage from across the region. hampton roads this midday - here's a live look at tower cam 10 at the skies over downtown norfolk. it's a little cool out there today...lets find out if things will warm weekend. meteorologist jeremy wheeler in the super doppler 10 weather center with an hour by hour breakdown.. this afternoon: scattered clouds. cool and breezy. highs: upper-40s. winds: nw 10-15 mph. tonight: mostly clear. cold. lows: upper-20s. winds: n 5-10 mph. saturday: mostly sunny. still cool.

the guard soldiers will replace another virginia-based batallion that's conducting security operations in qatar right now. the virginia house has unanimously approved a bill that would let national guard members with valid permits carry concealed weapons on duty. commanding officers would still be able to prohibit guard members from carrying guns in certain cases. republican delegate scott taylor response to last year's deadly shooting at a recruting center in tennessee. it now moves on to the senate. natalie keepers is staying in solitary confinement. she is charged in the killing of blacksburg teen nicole lovell. yesterday, a montgomery county judge denied her bail after an hour long hearing. lovell's parents were there in the courtroom, as keepers told the judge about her childhood and trouble with mental illness. she said she had seen a counselor at virginia tech because she had issues with the transition between high school and college. her parents told the court she came from a christian home, and was looked up to by her siblings. her dad said she wanted to follow in his footsteps to become an aerospace engineer. prosecutors gave a detailed timeline of what happened the ni

pbut actually the hold on people pwill say virginia national guard phas activated to help residents phere. pgovernor has also declared a pstate of emergency. pin waverly, virginia, rich petson, fox news. plook at this bad weather also phit myakka pines golf course. plook at all the trees down. pwhat mess. pyou can see an alligator trying pto get away from it all. pbut he took a wrong turn papparently swam right into, a pdrainage pipe. pnot good. p>> mike bennet in for jim today. pbefore we get to forecast mike i pjust want to give you guys some rops and kudos as you know i'm preel actively new to fox 13. pyesterday during the noon news pabout 30 seconds into the show preally a tornado warning or palert came across your weather pabout it and literally within a pminute and a half you were out phere, lindsay was out here. pand paul dellegatto was out phere. pi'm looking up oh, my. ptrust me. pi witnessed it. pwe appreciate that. pi mean that's what we do. pyou know when you have severe pweather come through, i mean pthat's when we kind of really pkey in there and we kind of ptried something

the virginia national guard has activated soldiers to send to the area this morning to begin helping with those cleanup efforts governor terry mcauliffe is also expected to tour the damage later today and strong winds also caused some significant damage on the peninsula in newport news this home is now condemned after a tree fell on top of it happened just off of eightieth street and also destroyed a shed in someone's backyard trees also took out a number of power lines cutting off power to many people. several customers remain without electricity this morning. dominion virginia power is working to restore power to those affected areas and now here's crack with your forecast riley say we are looking at much much improved weather today still quite windy there were to take a look at the wind gusts as we get things started going to be partly to mostly sunny today that's nice but with that wind gust of thirty eight mph at the airport in norfolk at thirty five mph gust in virginia beach. augusta in the upper thirties down around us appears well temperatures upper forties to low fifties ri

. >> reporter: virginia national guard has activated to help residents.ernor has also declared a state of emergency. >>> astronaut scott kelly says hopes his year in space is a small step that will eventually take humans to mars. kelly talked to the media from the international space station. he heads back to earth next week. he is taking part in a study with his twin brother to determine what spending a year in space does to the body. it would take a year-long journey to fly to mars and back. >> i would like for if legacy of this flight to be that we could decide to do hard things that would take us further away from the earth. i'm hopeful and i think we will learn a lot about longer duration space flight and how that will take to us mars. >> nasa has said it hopes for a manned mission to mars by the early 2030s. >>> a man accused of holding a teen for years and forcing her to have sex with strangers. police finally have him in custody. tonight we're hearing from the teenager he is accused of selling for sex. her horrifying story is next. >> reporter: a